Song of the Car: 2014 Airstream International Signature

Christopher Willits provides the rhythmic backdrop for recharging in the great outdoors

For the over-scheduled city dweller, the desire to faithfully unplug on an adventurous outdoor excursion often only exists in theory. As the relentless pace of autumn ensues in the north, access to nature seems to slip away, but this is actually prime time for a retreat into the woods as fall foliage and fresh air beckon. Something magical happens when whiling away the hours in …

BeatWoven Translates Music into Textiles

The London-based studio analyzes music through a custom software program to produce tangible visual patterns

By the time he passed away in 1943, Russian pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff had left a legacy: one that penetrated beyond the realm of classical music, and infiltrated the lives of the audience and the works of other artists. Featured in Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead,” a wide range of films and even being sampled by the Beastie Boys, Rachmaninoff’s Romantic-era compositions have influenced artists …

Interview: George Awwad of Odd Castles

A music nerd digging deep into the SoundCloud abyss and his creative expression from it

For anyone interested in emerging artists and musicians working outside the mainstream, the internet is a goldmine. While the underground music scenes of past generations required word-of-mouth knowledge, today we can all, in theory, find exactly what we want to listen to—anytime, anywhere. But it still takes serious dedication and passion to find those great, relatively unknown talents hiding deep within the web. Luckily, there …